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Channel 4 to keep screening controversial Paddy Power ad
The Guardian
It was accused of inciting transphobia with the campaign, which promised to make the festival's Ladies' Day "even more exciting by adding some beautiful transgendered ladies: Spot the stallions from the mares". The ad goes on to show a series of shots
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Minority Report-style charity ad will show different info to men and women
Tech Digest
"Although we're not giving men and boys the choice to see the full add ad on this occasion - so we get a glimpse of what it's like to have basic choices taken away - boys and men play a vital role in helping girls to be all they can be.

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Opposing free labour doesn't make us 'job snobs', Iain Duncan Smith
The Guardian
Last week, an amazing outburst of anger followed a Tesco advert for nightshift workers who would be paid only their jobseeker's allowance plus expenses – and as the issue was frantically discussed just about everywhere, a steady stream of employers
Tesco store closed by Right to Work protest over job advertMetro

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Top 20 Twitter business tips
Telegraph.co.uk
This is in spite of the fact that most businesses with Twitter account treat each tweet as if it is an advert for the company. Collated by Add People, a digital marketing company, the tips come from examining the habits of the 3000 best business

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Tesco job advert protest closes store in Westminster
BBC News
The demonstration was over a Jobcentre Plus advert which looked for permanent workers at a Suffolk store in exchange for expenses and jobseeker's allowance. Tesco said the advert was a mistake due to an IT error and had been amended.
Protest over Tesco job advertThe Press Association
Protesters target Tesco over "misunderstood" job advertMirror.co.uk

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